Inspector Zenigata is arrested, and the press claims ol' Pops was the true mastermind behind all of professional looter Lupin's heists! It doesn't take long for Lupin's pride to get the better of him, and wealthy magnate Roy Forest manipulates him into accepting a new challenge: stealing the “Time Crystal” within a week. The Time Crystal is a government secret gone public: a super-computer engine that can decrypt secure passwords faster than ever thought possible. But why is Jigen acting so strangely lately? What has become of the young piano prodigy who was recently kidnapped? And most of all, what is the strange connection between them all?
(Source: Discotek Media)
It's almost as if this was a thrown-away plot line turned into a throw-away special
By no means is this irredeemable like everyone might think. I kind of enjoyed it, but it did feel like the most by-the-numbers Lupin III TV special. The biggest glaring issue with Goodbye Partner is that it feels like leftover Lupin III Part V plot that was never used, instead of feeling like a fres…